SAP Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

Position Summary

The SAP Supply Chain and Logistics Manager is a strategic leadership role responsible for shaping, delivering, and supporting SAP capabilities across Cognex's global Supply Chain, Logistics, and Global Trade functions. This leader will guide a global team, partner closely with business and IT stakeholders, and drive scalable solutions that improve operational performance, strengthen service quality, and support long term transformation.

This position follows a hybrid schedule, with 3 days in the office and 2 days at home.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and advance the SAP roadmap supporting Cognex's global Supply Chain, Logistics, and Global Trade functions, ensuring alignment with business priorities and enterprise architecture.
• Lead the delivery, enhancement, and ongoing support of SAP solutions across core supply chain and logistics domains, including MM, PP, QM, PLM, LE, GTS, and IBP.
• Lead, coach, and develop a global SAP team, establishing clear priorities, building capability, and driving accountability for delivery excellence and service quality.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business and IT leaders on strategic initiatives, transformation programs, and opportunities to modernize supply chain processes and platforms.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Logistics, and Global Trade stakeholders to understand business priorities, translate requirements into scalable SAP solutions, and identify opportunities for process improvement and standardization.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and delivery teams to support roadmap planning, future state design, integration strategy, and alignment to SAP standards and governance.
• Manage vendors, system integrators, and offshore resources to ensure quality execution, effective support, and strong cost and delivery performance.
• Ensure stable system operations, SLA performance, timely issue resolution, and disciplined root cause analysis for complex functional and technical issues.
• Lead SAP projects and enhancements from planning through delivery, ensuring solutions are implemented on time, within budget, and with measurable business value.
• Oversee cross functional integrations between SAP modules and third party platforms to support reliable, end to end business processes.
• Apply Agile ways of working and continuous improvement practices to enhance delivery speed, solution quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Support S/4HANA modernization and cloud integration initiatives while helping drive greater process consistency and scalability across global operations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong people leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical, and decision making capabilities.
• Ability to lead complex, cross functional initiatives in a global environment.
• Ability to define scalable, cross functional solutions that meet business requirements while aligning with SAP best practices and standards.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Agile mindset with a focus on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and delivery outcomes.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive SAP experience across implementation, enhancement, and support environments.
• Strong expertise across core SAP supply chain and logistics capabilities, with deep experience in modules such as MM, PP, QM, PLM, LE, GTS, and IBP.
• Proven experience leading global SAP teams and managing delivery across internal and external resources.
• Strong understanding of end to end supply chain, logistics, and global trade processes.
• Experience working in Agile delivery models and leading cross functional project execution.
• Experience supporting or leading S/4HANA initiatives in on premises and/or cloud environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP EWM or Logistics Management (LGM).
• Exposure to SAP BTP and integration technologies.
• Knowledge of global trade compliance processes.
• Experience in large scale SAP transformation programs.
• Experience with ServiceNow (incident, request, document management, and change management).
• Experience with the ShipERP add in for small package carrier integration.

Work Environment and Travel

• Ability to work effectively in a global, distributed team environment.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support business and project activities.